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Tuesday, May 13, 2014

12 Paris Addictions

The other day I said I never gave perfume the time of day and now I'm addicted to it. Searching out perfume testers to put inside the sketch letters has sharpened my senses no end. Though I couldn't find a decent chocolate scent for the Easter letter no matter how hard I tried. Shall I start a Kickstarter campaign?

I still stalk Paris dogs as always. There are so many of them...

I may decide to specialize on just dogs on Paris transport...

Buses or Metro. It doesn't matter.

There's a plenty.

Shooting backs is still an addictive pastime

No one knows the color wheel better than the venders in the Marchés. Red and green are happy compliments. I'm addicted to their good color sense.

How did I ever live without Lebanese food in New York. The savory flavors balance out all the sweets here.

I tend to window gaze/leche-vitrine more than I eat pastries here. I didn't think that would be the case.

Last year's daily addiction to Metro vending machine potato chips came to a recent halt.

When I saw this infographic I had no problem quitting chips and going cold turkey.

I have been and will always be addicted to Metro posters. Cherry tomatoes get a movie-sized announcement. Bravo !

What's on in Paris and surrounds is inside the Metro station not in your Semaine de Paris. An iris festivalis in Auvers-sur-Oiseand I'm going.

I want to go see the Caillebotte show just 20 minutes out of Paris. A must do.

I am addicted to vanilla. I gotta have a daily shot or else. That's just how it is. You try living in Paris without vanilla. Never happen!

This is called 'la tete de Paris' - the roof views. Countless times I go to the window for a look. I need binoculars. Yesterday it thundered and went deep grey.

Then the sun popped out. Then it went grey again. Then the sun came out. Like that all day.

I bought a Bateaux Mouches ticket on your recommendation PBers and never used it for a whole year. Then Carolyn took me on a night cruise. Spectacular! What was I waiting for?

Now I watch boats go under the bridge at all hours of the day and night and can't get enough of them. I'm addicted. Who knew? What's your Paris addiction? ;))

Aaargh one wrong flick of the finger and my whole comment disappeared..:(

So I will start by the end of what I had said as that's how I got erased..First Google led me to this..http://www.fragranceshop.com/demeter-chocolate-covered-cherries-by-demeter-cologne-spray-4.0-oz.html?&gclid=CIaX4vP3qb4CFW4V7AodAFcANA&xid=58751c5c99b42af566fd1499acbc9385

For your chocoltae scent..

I love scents and have been known to buy for scent alone..to remember by scent alone..and to long by scent alone.I would love that cruise le soir..and much slower than the vaporettas I am sure..

Love vanilla..

Chips..salty things I should say..are my downfall way more than sweets..I steer clear of oily chips but do cave in if they are offered:)I enjoy painting backs..thus no faces..

Carol, this post has an appeal to more than one of our senses. Of course, your photographs are sublime. I am a fan of perfumes and other scents (like vanilla) that are treats. Somehow, I still associate the best parfums with France. I do hope that actual flowers do still play a part in their creation, and that the labs haven't begun to spin a chemical web.

It's lovely that the Metro posters offer tributes to the cherry tomato. The French approach to graphic design is so sophisticated, clever and amusing...the posters are also actually informative!

Those views in different lights from your window are sublime.

I think that I last sampled a potato chip (essential in my southern youth) way back in that last century. I can still taste them in my mind, but don't need to actually get them crisping their salt between my teeth. Bravo to you for your own escape.

Glad that you enjoyed that Seine tour. There really is something about seeing a city from a riverside, if that city has a riverside. Even more wonderful in the evening lighting...if the moon is full. Think we all have a full moon showing up pretty soon.

Hi Carol. I bet you can easily find more addictions! The back and forth "ping pong" of rainy and sunny is amazing ..... Every 20 minutes is new weather....always.... Paris skies are addictive! Great Post!

If you have anytime free from all that's going on in Paris, I suggest a trip to London for the great Matisse show in the Tate Modern and a theatre matinee with Angela Lansbury in " Blithe Spirit". Both unforgettable !

Not one mention of your addiction to spontaneous urban hikes with me. Quelle dommage. I am also addicted to the good color sense of the marketers. They make wild asparagus look positively haute couture.

Thank you for celebrating the simple joys that surround us daily...My heart is full for I will soon have nine days in my beloved 6th Arr. apartment (free from our Parisienne friends!). The Carrefour de rue Vavin et rue Bréa is a lovely quartier...4 minutes by foot to Jardin du Luxembourg! I will roam and rove the garden, read and watch...watch the parade of life.

Carol,today's post is absolute magic!Starting with (of course)(I'm prejudiced having two adorable Yorkies)those precious pooches.Callibaut!The Seine!The views from your apartment!Wow! As I said: magic! NO better way to start or end the day!THANK YOU!!

I visit Laduree at least once every time I go. The atmosphere is worth the expense. Berthillion ice cream, savored on a bridge watching the boats go by...Are you going to be doing tours? You mentioned a while back you were planning to do that. I'll be there mid-September.

There was, 10 years ago, a water cruise that went through the locks and talked about how the streets were built over the river. Very interesting and I had a friend who took the sewer tour and found it good.

fantastic insight, photos, and intimacy. Thank you for taking us along! I'm so glad you experienced the bateaux mouches and hope that you will now consider Batobus. An annual pass is 60 euros, a terrific deal to get you to so many places easily and relatively quickly and it does have night hours, too.

My Paris addiction..La Varangue , 27 rue Augereau.(Philippe's restaurant) the roast beef is the best I've tasted both sides of the pond...and oh his chocolate cake...there are no words...we eat there most nights when we rent an apt. in the 7th. We have been 3 years in a row...I am hoping to get back sometime this year! It's really nice to visit with you every time I read your blog....thanks Carol!

Addictions. I cannot choose just onething. I'm addicted to Paris, completely and entirely.The last time I was there was 20 years ago~ andunlike Amsterdam, or Frankfurt or Munich~Paris didnot feel changed. Paris absorbed all the passing of time and remained, Paris.

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l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5 and I'm still at it. Now I live by the Seine on l'Ile Saint-Louis. Do consider subscribing to my Paris letters and maps on Etsy and enjoy a taste of Paris in your mailbox every month to savor with a hot chocolate and croissant. I paint Paris dreams.